Where to Start

17th September 2015

You know that feeling when everything is getting on top of you, with so much to do, and not enough time to do it? It becomes almost a feeling of desperation, and you wonder how you will ever get through it all, and perhaps most of all, where should you start, because everything seems to be a priority. That is the time when best to take a deep breath and sit back from the business and analyse the situation properly.

The trouble is, because everyone feels like it needs to be done “now”, you also think that taking time to consider your best options is time wasted, so you tend to just dive in and start ineffectually doing little bits of everything. This was very much the case with one of any clients recently, and worse than that because he felt that things were on top of him, he was waking up early trying to work out the best way forward, and consequently he was also overtired, which is never a good thing when making decisions.

And that of course is the key – making decisions. For most people uncertainty is the cause of the greatest worry, and therefore if you are flitting from one thing to another, never making decisions or finishing anything, you simply tend to exacerbate the problem.

So taking time to think things through, (or talk them through with your coach) is invaluable. Writing down all the key things which need to be done, and by when, makes it much clearer in which order to deal with your issues. Understand more clearly what exactly needs to be done with each of your issues, write down what actions need to be taken, and then start to knock them off one by one in entirety, not just partially.

Having a clear plan of action, provides certainty, and with that more confidence. Bit by bit you will soon find that you are back on track, and sleeping a whole lot better.

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